EMAP Team
Lead Principal Investigators:
Project Partners 2008-2009
- ACS (Donald Murphy)
- CRDS (Steve Mandal, Finola O’Carroll, PhD candidate Matt Seaver)
- Archer Heritage Planning (MA candidate Rob O’Hara)
- Margaret Gowen (Margaret Gowen Ltd)
Project Manager: Conor McDermott
ITC Lead and Digital Data Manager: Dr Rob Sands
Technical Developer: Mikie O'Sullivan
Researchers
Jonathan Kinsella
Jonathan Kinsella, MA completed an MA in Landscape Archaeology at University College Dublin in 2005. His thesis, which explored the archaeological evidence for the poor of earlymedieval Ireland, won the Medieval Settlement Research Group’s John Hurst memorial award that year. His interests include aspects of settlement, landscape and material culture in early medieval Ireland. He has worked as a research archaeologist for various commercial archaeological companies on National Roads Authority schemes throughout Ireland. He has written and published a number of related papers; the most recent of which – on Irish early medieval enclosed settlement – will be published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy in 2010. Jonathan has been employed as a research archaeologist with EMAP since July 2009.
Lorcan Harney
Lorcan Harney MA completed an MA in landscape Archaeology at the School of Archaeology, UCD in 2006. His thesis investigated the early medieval ecclesiastical landscape of Glendalough and a paper based partially on this study will be published in a forthcoming book ‘Glendalough: City of God’. His research interests include the art, architecture and layout/organisation of early medieval ecclesiastical settlements. He has worked on a number of medieval ecclesiastical excavations in Wicklow, Dublin and Westmeath and has been employed as an archaeological researcher on the ‘Early Medieval Archaeology Project’ (EMAP) since March 2007.
Dr. Thomas Kerr
SEE http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/gap/Staff/ResearchStaff/DrThomasKerr/
Matt Seaver (PhD Student)
Matthew Seaver, MA, is a professional archaeologist and licensed Site Director with over a decade of archaeological excavation experience. He was awarded a BSc (Hons) Archaeology at the University of Bradford 1995 and an MA in Archaeology at University College Dublin in 1997. He has directed a number of important early medieval excavations, including Raystown, Co. Meath and Laughaunstown/Glebe, Co. Dublin and is a member of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland and Member of the European Association of Archaeologists. He is currently is his second year of his EMAP-supported PhD in UCD School of Archaeology on the subject of Living with the dead: Early Medieval Cemetery/Settlements in Ireland.
Rob O’Hara (MA Student)
Rob O’Hara, BA is a professional archaeologist and licensed Site Director with over a decade of archaeological excavation experience. He has directed key Irish early medieval excavations at Roestown 2 and Collierstown 1 on the M3, Co. Meath. He is currently in his second and final year of his 2-year, part-time, MA in Professional Archaeological Practice at UCD School of Archaeology. EMAP INSTAR funds were used to support Archer Heritage Planning to release him for his studies in 2009/2010.
